It's like a zombie movie. Most of them are just gone now, and there ain't no coming back. That's the creepiest part about the zombie idea right? That they still look like themselves, but they are irrevocably lost.
Asked them what values and morals tRump has that made them vote for him?
All he spews is hate and division.
Anyone who voted for him have deep down Nazi values (some ingrained in ignorance). Be prepared to be disappointed, I was with some of my coworkers, I keep distance from them.
Because nothing says "Christian values" more than taking money from people who have been fired for simply doing their job and cutting off life saving services for those who can't provide for themselves. Jesus must be so proud.
I’ve been asking my close family and those I believed to be friends, and I definitely didn’t want nor was I prepared for the answer. They are celebrating all the pain, even knowing how my family is impacted. I am just numb.
Sorry - Murdoch, the algorithms, RW fear and misinformation "news" really screwed us all up. Best wishes to you. May your family, and the rest or ours, come to their senses sooner rather than later.
Give it another month or so, when their Medicaid is cut off and you can't find eggs anywhere and gas prices keep going up and now cows have avian flu. So patience!
I’m saying nothing about politics in any way shape or form. It’s driving the relevant family member crazy. After the inauguration, that was it. She can come to me, she knows where I stand. I’m an open door but I’m not wasting an iota of time asking and arguing.
I keep posting articles about what this admin is doing on Facebook, and specifically asking MAGA friends to provide their opinion; is this what they voted for. I offered $100 to the first person who could defend it. So far, crickets.
You should assume their answer is yes, unless proven otherwise. Their actions have consequences. If we have to live with them, so should they own them.
Ya think? I don't. Parks are already being gutted/closed just as spring is coming; Medicaid, Medicare and SS are on the chopping block; employees, researchers, students, and many others (some of them 🍊 supporters) were just fired in the cruelest of ways. I don't think we should wait.
Once you open that box you can't shut it.
I did & now I don't have siblings anymore. They all voted for Trump and & they all support him to this day.
I love them but I cannot look at them the same because of the kind of person they have to be to vote for the kind of person that he is.
Don't do it
We had a mad Prime minister called Liz Truss. A supermarket lettuce lasted longer than her. You too can have a lettuce. It could be something to work towards.
Yes. We were very close. Then they started parroting some of the Fox News propaganda & would say some vile shit. I couldn’t get through to them. Eventually we stopped talking.
ROAD TO RESISTANCE
Research.
Stand up. (Stand Together.)
Communicate.
Resist…
Protest & Advocate.
“Hold the Line”
Remain Peaceful, Safe and Orderly.
Respect.
I had a MAGA freak out when I asked if they had money in the stock market yesterday. She just kept repeating “it will bounce back, it always bounces back.”
When people say that to me, I remind them that ‘It always bounces back’ is really only since World War II. And that was always based on a healthy, internationalist, free-trade based, global capitalist economy—which Trump is inexplicably wrecking right now.
Yeah, she had just explained to me that she was a history teachers aide and that they were covering the period right before the Great Depression. I just sort of left that sitting on the table without touching it.
My cousin posted on FB that she thinks anyone who has a Tik Tok account shouldn’t be bothered by Musk taking over the IRS since they let China have their data anyways. So logic isn’t a strong point with her.
Ya know…you can pick your friends but you can’t pic your family, extended or otherwise. Let those who voted for Trump suffer with their awesomely misguided judgement. The rest of us made the more well-thought out choice. We don’t need to take on anybody else’s regret, disappointment, embarrassment.
You’ll surely be disappointed. I asked my friend who didn’t vote if all this was worth it to “send a message” and he’s still not contrite…yet. The leopards have more faces to eat.
Oh yes, I understand completely. I thought for sure the Trumpers around me were silent because they were ashamed. Oh no, on Presidents’ Day they were dressing up and all giddy. I said I’m not celebrating Presidents Day because he’s a fake President. They said, just wait, he is making us better.” OMG
I have asked some family members. They are completely disconnected from reality and are convinced Trump will just "put the money back" for medical research once he's "drained the swamp". There is no convincing them. I really think they won't get it until they have no benefits left.
I have been very surprised by the rage focused on immigrants and transgender people, especially transgender people who make up such a small percentage of the population. They are fine with the world burning, as long as the trans people burn with it, and I really can't fathom that.
It's the same reason it was Antisemitism 100 years ago in Germany. They were easy targets, but we often forget that the first books the Nazis burned were about Transgender people.
It's why I have no patience with "compromise" rhetoric. Lives are at risk.
They are the ones at risk of dying waiting, with heart problems and diabetes. Their belief in this demagogue seems unshakeable. I'm just enraged that the rest of us need to pay the price for this idiocy.
I see your point, but have given up. I find it's best to pour my energy into preparing for the worst and into learning medicine. We will still need doctors during all of this and after.
Can I ask where do they live ? But I’ll say this for them : biggest reason is abortion. However we have lost more woman to complications and no way to save either. They are dumb. I do believe they were brainwashed back in 2016. Look back at Jim Jones.
That’s easy. Dumb people got smart phones and followed. DT. Since he was an established businessman. They believed him.
I actually looked this up Around 2011 2012. Dem changed parties. Stupid people believe anything on social media.
I totally get it. I'm the only one in my family who didn't vote for this and I hate knowing they're going to lose SO much, especially since I'm sure they still don't realize it yet.
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All he spews is hate and division.
Anyone who voted for him have deep down Nazi values (some ingrained in ignorance). Be prepared to be disappointed, I was with some of my coworkers, I keep distance from them.
https://bsky.app/profile/theblueman.bsky.social/post/3lipqgyvymk2w
March 14 the federal government shuts down, with a total default expected in May.
https://america2.news/america-under-attack-week-2-what-were-monitoring/
Make them think.
Oh well, he might not even understand the reference 🙈
I did & now I don't have siblings anymore. They all voted for Trump and & they all support him to this day.
I love them but I cannot look at them the same because of the kind of person they have to be to vote for the kind of person that he is.
Don't do it
“You are the wealthiest you will ever be right now.”
“You won. Get over it.”
But really, any of them who sense they messed up should be recruited. They are the inroad. We can hate them later.
Research.
Stand up. (Stand Together.)
Communicate.
Resist…
Protest & Advocate.
“Hold the Line”
Remain Peaceful, Safe and Orderly.
Respect.
Any affirmative answer will only show their hate for another human being.
How has anything he’s doing helping their families?
One thing they do agree is extremely bad is tariffs. Even before he got elected it was the only thing.
They think winning is zero sum.
It's the same reason it was Antisemitism 100 years ago in Germany. They were easy targets, but we often forget that the first books the Nazis burned were about Transgender people.
It's why I have no patience with "compromise" rhetoric. Lives are at risk.
She's a retired attorney.
She trusts and believes in Trump.
Her answer?
She smiled and started talking about my dog.
Made me sick.
“This week Trump and his administration did …. which resulted in …. Is this what you voted for? Are you satisfied with the result?”
I actually looked this up Around 2011 2012. Dem changed parties. Stupid people believe anything on social media.